due to “device” problems: Tuesday: iMac on the blink – Wednesday: iPhone battery tanked – Thursday: MacBook power cord failed – Friday: search virus reoccured on laptop, and this time I can’t strip it out.
Got iPhone problem fixed ($$$). Ordered power cable. Laptop needs Apple Genius Bar and appointments over a week out, I’m stuck with phone and tiny buttons until I can get the laptop in. So I’ll read. Back when I can.
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Sorry to hear all of this! Hope it’s resolved soon.
What a pain. And all at once. Hope to see you back soon.
This stuff haunts our lives now.
It sure seems like it. Plus with Covid, you can’t go into a store to compare the old one to a new one. I end up ordering the wrong cable half the time.
Bummer. I guess it proves once and for all that people who tout Apple products as infallible have to deal with this the same as the rest of us. I hate when this stuff happens. Good luck.